Design and implementation of a proficiency-based, structured endoscopy course for medical students applying for a surgical specialty

Advances in Medical Education and Practice

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-115

  De Win, Gunter ^a   Van Bruwaene, Siska ^a   Allen, Christopher ^b   De Ridder, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Laparoscopy training; Proficiency based; Surgical skill evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884139793     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11797258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/AMEP.S41681     Document Type: Article

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